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The Elements of Watson’s

The Elements of Watson’s
By Marie-France Annasse & Rahul Srivastava
How the spirit of cinema spread from the magical moment when the Lumière brothers showed their first films in Paris to the inaugural screenings in a once-beautiful hotel in faraway Mumbai. (Bombay, India)

Le fantôme du Watson
Par Marie-France Annasse & Rahul Srivastava
C’est l’histoire du génie du cinéma, de son expansion magique à Paris où les frères Lumière projettent leurs premiers films, jusqu’à sa seconde naissance en Inde, un an plus tard, dans le somptueux hôtel Watson de Mumbai. (Bombay, Inde)

Edition: Marie-France Annasse & Rahul Srivastava
Illustrations: Marie-France Annasse
Graphic Design & Art Direction: Christian Kirk-Jensen / Danish Pastry Design

Texts: Rahul Srivastava, Martine van Woerkens, Hélène Kessous
Translations: Pierre Kirk-Jensen (French), Samidha Patil, Sunita Patil & Sukruta Pethe (Marathi)
Proof reading: Hélène Kessous (English), Stéphanie Tarot (French),  Martine van Woerkens (French)
Production: John Briens / Escourbiac